Improvement in corn-poppers



H. BELMER.

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No.1 83,484. Patented Oct. 24, 1876.

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STATES PATENT. QFFICE.

HERMAN BELMER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-POPPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183.484, dated October 24, 1876; application filed September 6, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN BELMER, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton, in the State n of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Poppers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists in a corn-popper, the basket of which is made of wire-netting, incorporated in which, by weaving or otherwise, are stiffening wires or braces extending diametrically from the handle attachment to the front of the basket or otherwise, and from edge to edge, and held in place at the edges by the binding or other fastening or protection.

The invention further consists in a device for attaching the handle to the basket, composed of a socket riveted to the basket, and having a wire shank or tang secured therein, on the outer end of which are a number of spirally-arranged cuts or barbs to engage with the wood handle in securing it in place.

In the drawings illustrating my invention, Figure l is a side elevation thereof; Fig. 2, an elevation of a part of the front; Fig. 3, a similar view of part of the rear; Fig. 4, a bottom view; and Fig. 5 a sectional view on line .9000 of Fig. 4..

The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

1n corn-poppers as heretofore constructed, the braces or stiffening wires have been independent ofthat is to say, not integral withthe wire-netting forming the basket, and for this reason the basket and wires or braces soon become so separated, except at the points where they are fastened, as to allow the basket to get out of shape, and practical] y the braces fail in performing their office.

It is desirable to have a rigid basket, and it is one of the objects of my invention to provide such an one, and tothis end I introduce into the wire netting of the basket A, while it is being woven, or otherwise, one wire, a, or several, in such manner as to make it or them integral with said netting.

As two wires or more are ordinarily used, I shall hereafter refer to them plurally.

These wires, stays, braces, or stifl'eners, as

I they may be variously denominated, are preferably of unannealed or similar wire of greater diameter and strength than the wires of the netting, and extend from edge to edge of the basket diametrically across the bottom of the same, or otherwise. Their edges are secured with the edge of the basket by the ordinary sheet-metal binding 1), or other fastenmg.

The braces, thus introduced into and made part of the wire-netting, will be found to add number of spirally-arranged barbs or cuts, d,

that enter the wood of the handle to hold it to the tang.

The cover of the basket is secured thereto by wire or equivalent hinges, and a suitable catch provided to lock it in place.

What I claim is 1. A corn-popper, having the stiffening wires or braces integral with the wire-netting forming the body or basket, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the wires or and basket A, of the binding b, for securing the ends and edges of said wires and basket, substantially as described.

' 3. The combination, with the basket and handle of a corn-popper, of the cast-metal socket B riveted to the sheet-metal binding 1), and the wire shank or tang 0, having spirallyarranged barbs orcuts d on its outer end, and secured in said socket, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4.. A corn-popper, the body or basketwhereof is formed of wire-netting, having stiffening wires or braces incorporated therein, substantially as described.

5. A corn-popper having the ends of its braces or stiifening-wires secured by means of the binding thereof, substantially as described, and without any bending or other manipulation of the said braces or wires.

. HERMAN BELMER. Witnesses WM. WEIDINGER, L. G. BROUNKAMP. 

